Published: Thursday, July 3, 2014 at 06:27 PM.

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The thunderstorm passed through Cherryville about 5 p.m. Thursday, just a short time before a planned fireworks display and Independence Day celebration. Emergency workers where sent out to two wrecked areas caused by one storm.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Cherryville Fire Chief Jeff Cash. A storm pushed through and destroyed two mobile homes on Dalton Street, according to Cash and the National Weather Service.

A convenience store, Gasland, at the intersection of First and Church streets, was also damaged. According to Cash, the roof was ripped off of the store’s car wash and some of the store’s brick walls were damaged.

A man who was inside the car wash at the time reportedly had glass fly into his eyes. One person was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Cash said his department received 12 calls within 30 minutes.

Power was knocked out in an isolated area. The storm appeared to travel a straight line, Cash said, knocking out power behind Carpenter’s Funeral Home on East Main Street.

The National Weather Service received calls about the damage, but meteorologists intend to talk to county officials before sending a team out to investigate a potential tornado.

“It was just a downburst from a thunderstorm as far as we can tell at this point,” said Larry Gabric, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Gabric said the occurrence had nothing to do with Hurricane Arthur, which lurked on the coast of North Carolina on Thursday evening.

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The thunderstorm passed through Cherryville about 5 p.m. Thursday, just a short time before a planned fireworks display and Independence Day celebration. Emergency workers where sent out to two wrecked areas caused by one storm.

“I’ve never seen anything like this,” said Cherryville Fire Chief Jeff Cash. A storm pushed through and destroyed two mobile homes on Dalton Street, according to Cash and the National Weather Service.

A convenience store, Gasland, at the intersection of First and Church streets, was also damaged. According to Cash, the roof was ripped off of the store’s car wash and some of the store’s brick walls were damaged.

A man who was inside the car wash at the time reportedly had glass fly into his eyes. One person was taken by ambulance to the hospital. Cash said his department received 12 calls within 30 minutes.

Power was knocked out in an isolated area. The storm appeared to travel a straight line, Cash said, knocking out power behind Carpenter’s Funeral Home on East Main Street.

The National Weather Service received calls about the damage, but meteorologists intend to talk to county officials before sending a team out to investigate a potential tornado.

“It was just a downburst from a thunderstorm as far as we can tell at this point,” said Larry Gabric, meteorologist with the National Weather Service.

Gabric said the occurrence had nothing to do with Hurricane Arthur, which lurked on the coast of North Carolina on Thursday evening.

You can reach Diane Turbyfill at 704-869-1817 and Twitter.com/GazetteDiane.